I learned about Dinah Washington from reading Paper Lion. I’m now prone to arguing that she’s the best of the great jazz vocalists of the mid-century, but there is no proof. And it’s hard to argue against Ella Fitzgerald’s range and tone and mastery.
But Dinah has much of that, and heart. It all feels.
I remember loving “What a Difference a Day Makes” when it came out, and I also remember both Washington marrying Lions DB Dick “Night Train” Lane, and that she OD’d a la Billie Holliday.
Great track, Peter.